Straw-stacking machine



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HENRY S. STONE-OF ORANGE, AND JAMES M. F. SHEPLER, OF LY'ONS STATION, INDIANA.

STRAW-STACKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,943, dated February 6, 1883.

Application filed November'ii, 1882. (No model.)

Straw-Stacking Machine, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Our improvements relate to apparatus for use with grain-separators or thrashing-machines for stacking the straw therefrom and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which the same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of our improved stacking-machine as applied to a thrasher. Fig. 2- is a transverse section,in larger size, showing the mechanism for operating the stacker. Flg. 3 is a plan view of the mechanism on line :10 w of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is an end view of the devices used for raising and lowering the stacker.

A represents the thrashing-machine, at the rear of which is a short elevator or carrier, B, for taking the straw from the thrasher and carrying it to the elevator of the stacker.

0 is the stackingelevator, resting upon a platform, a, at the rear of the thrashing-machine. The elevator is suspended by a rope, I), passing over a block, 0, to a Windlass, d, at the top of the machine A. The block 0, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 4, is at the outer end of an arm, 6, that is sustained by two braces, g g, which are hinged at their rear ends to the top of the machine atf. The arm 6 is connected by a rope or chain at f to the top of the machine A, so that it may move back and forth as the side braces, 9, rise and fall. This construction provides for the support of the stacking-elevator and its adjustment to any height required. u

The attachments of the elevator to the platform a and the mechanism for operating the same are shown in Figs. 2 and 3, as follows:

tie a kingbolt connecting the-platform a and a cross-bar, k, which is sustained on bolt.

'5 by a bracket, W. l is a. beveled-gear wheel,

carried by a loose sleeve on the bolt 2', andengaged at one side by abeveled-gear wheel, 1,

on the horizontal driving-shaft m. At the other side of the beveled wheel lis a similar wheel, l", on a shaft, m, which carries a pulley, a, connecting by a belt, 0, to a pulley, p, by which the endless apron of the elevator is caused to move.

The frame of the elevator G is provided at its lower end with side arms, g, which are hung upon the shaft m at one side, and a bracket, m attached to bar It at the other side, so that the elevator is free to be raised and lowered without disconnection of the beveled gear. At the same time the elevatoris free to be swung to the right or left. Forcontrolling this right This shaft u is connected to the shaft m by gear-wheels o a, so that the shaft to is in cona a loose pulley, 10, which connects by a belt to a pulley, w, on the shaft m. By this arthe shaft 1' is rotated in one direction, and, the pinion t engaging the rack s, the elevator is caused to travel to the right or left, ast-he case may be; but when the clutch it engages the loose pulley w the shaft 1' is turned in the opposite direction, and the elevator th uscansed to move in the contrary direction. For effecting the movement of the clutch automatically, we provide the trip-lever a whichis connected to the clutch a and extends in front of the pinion t, for contact with beveled projections b placed at the ends of the rack; orpins may be fitted in the rack atan y point to suit the length of stack. When the elevator reaches either end of the rack or the pins thereon by the contact of the trip-lever a with the projection, the clutch is shifted, and the elevatoris thus started I tinuous rotation, and there isalso upon the shaft in the other direction.

The platform a,snpporting the elevator, is provided with legs 01, which serve as an additional support for the elevator, and are pivoted so that they may be turned up when not required for use. 'By this construction the elevator can Ice-raised and lowered according to the height of the stack, and, being fitted to move to the right and left, the straw will be equally distributed to form a stack. I

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the elevator O, of the adjustable supporting-arm e, braces g, piv oted. to their support and to the arm 6, and the rope 12, connected to the elevator O, a Windlass,

and a depending pulley, c, of the arm 0, sub stantiall y as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination ofthe'clutch u, the shaft 1", the pinious t t, the rack s, beveled projections b thegear-wheels v o, the pulleys w w, and trip-lever a substantially as described, for operation as set forth.

3. The combination of the pivot-bolt t, beveled gearing l l P, shafts m m, pinions o t tt, clutch to, pulleys ww, projections 0 trip-lever a racks, arms q, and elevator O, as set forth.

HENRY S. STONE. JAMES M. F. SHEPLER. Witnesses:

CHARLES RoEHL, GEORGE ADDLEMAN. 

